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Re: Re: unix sbbs.log help
By: bbsing to nelgin on Wed Sep 09 2026 08:21:29
> nelgin, I`m trying to confirm you are using the setup based on this
> document: URL:
http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:separate-unix-logs ?
Like I said, I wrote the wiki based on my configurtion so yes,
I`m pretty sure I`m using the correct setup.
> Can you share your sbbs.ini UNIX log section?
Sure
[UNIX]
; User/group name to run as
; User=bbs
; Group=bbs
; Run in background:
Daemonize=False
; File to create/write-to with process identifier (when daemonized)
PidFile=/sbbs/ctrl/sbbs.pid
; System log (syslog) facility to use (when daemonized)
; 1 = LOCAL1
; 2 = LOCAL2
; .
; .
; .
; S = Use standard facilities - be sure you understand the
; consequences of enabling this!
; man syslog.conf(5) for more information.
; Defaults to using the USER facility.
LogFacility=3
; syslog identity to use (when daemonized)
LogIdent=synchronet
; Default file creation mask:
umask=077
> What OS are you using?
Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
> Is your ownership on /var/log/sbbs bbs:bbs?
bbs@bbs:~/sbbs-git/src/sbbs3$ ls -ld /var/log/sbbs
drwxrwxrwx 2 bbs bbs 4096 Sep 5 04:29 /var/log/sbbs
It is but it`s also chmod 777 that I should probably fix to be 750.
> I didn`t know if I should have mine be set as syslog:sbbs with a mode of
> 775. On ubuntu 24 I`m using rsyslog.
If your user and group is sbbs then I would use that rather than syslog.
Also, if your user and group are not bbs then you`ll need to
change fileOwner in your rsyslog.d file.
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